Chapter 98 My Cousin Is Getting Married

At around eight o'clock the next day, Zhang Xingwang was woken up by his cousin. His cousin was wearing new clothes and his hair was clean, looking quite respectable.

Because my cousin's family lives in the same village, I don't have to get up too early. After washing up, I saw the two aunts from yesterday were busy steaming buns at my eldest aunt's house. The chef is said to be a chef in the village canteen, but I don't know how good his skills are.

As soon as nine o'clock passed, people started to come to the house one after another. The few old men left from the older generation came over slowly and were basking in the sun in the yard. A few children also came over and drooled at the steamer.

After a while, the second aunt's family, the younger aunt, the old man and the old lady also came one after another. It was a rare family gathering, and they chatted happily. The two aunts even held the eldest aunt's hand and followed her through the hardships.

He came over to look at Zhang Xingwang carefully, and saw that his nephew was in good health, energetic, and cheerful. Zhang Xingwang also took the opportunity to tell his aunts that he would go to see them in a few days, after all, it was not convenient today.

After just a few words, my cousin hurriedly took Zhang Xingwang and rode his bicycle to his cousin's house. It was only about 300 meters away, but it took him more than an hour to bring him back.

I didn't waste much time at my cousin's wife's house. No one would block the door to ask for red envelopes these days. As for the rest, I just wanted to save as much as possible and do whatever was convenient.

But my cousin, this show-off, rode Zhang Xingwang's bicycle with red flowers on it and took my cousin's wife around the village twice, smiling like Zhu Bajie after eating a ginseng fruit.

Zhang Xingwang was so tired that he stuck out his tongue at the back. It wasn't that he didn't have enough physical strength, but the borrowed bicycle was really too damn difficult to ride. It felt more difficult than walking.

The wedding was simple, after all, in the new society, everything should be kept simple. The two bowed in front of the statue of the great man, drank the wedding wine in the presence of the village elders, and the village chief said a few words of warning to the revolution, and the ceremony was complete. After all, the Red Book has not been published yet, and if it is published in a few years, it will have to be recited, and there will be a duet between a man and a woman.

Then came everyone's favorite part. My cousin waved his hand and the temporary kitchen started serving the dishes. The two aunts were busy helping to serve the dishes. There were three tables in the yard, which were moved from the canteen by a few guys in the morning.

After everyone sat down, dishes and steamed buns were served. There were five dishes and a soup in total. In addition to wild boar meat and a fish, the rest were seasonal vegetables. At the end, a plate of melon seeds and candies brought by Zhang Xingwang was placed on the table. The peanuts were also hidden in the quilt of the newlyweds by the eldest aunt, hoping to bring good luck.

When the villagers came to the table and saw a bottle of wine, they immediately burst into laughter. One of the elderly men, who seemed to be an elder from my sister-in-law's family, stood up, coughed, and said:

"Chunyan is a girl with good taste. Look at this banquet, Dayong also cares about it. Chunyan should be able to enjoy a good life by following you."

This sentence also put an end to the years of waiting and gossip of my cousin's wife. On the one hand, this elder was speaking from his heart, and on the other hand, he was also clearing my cousin's name. Everyone applauded after hearing this.

The loud-voiced cousin looked at his cousin's wife in the room and Zhang Xingwang, who was eating with oil dripping from his mouth. Tears welled up in his eyes. He opened his mouth several times but no words came out. Only the eldest aunt covered her mouth and went into the room, hugged her cousin's wife and cried bitterly.

But after crying for a few minutes, they heard their two aunts outside the door advising them not to shed tears on such a happy day. The mother and daughter looked at each other and burst into laughter again.

Zhang Xingwang didn't care about so much. After all, he couldn't get involved in this matter. He felt that there was talent in the village. The vegetarian dishes cooked by this chef were more delicious than the meat cooked by the women in his family. Everyone was scrambling for the meat, but he was competing with the plates of vegetarian dishes. Zhang Xingwang only drank one glass of wine, which was offered by his cousin.

The rest of the people went crazy. How could three bottles of wine be enough to share? The table of the older generation was still okay, but the tables next to them started playing rock-paper-scissors, and only the losers were entitled to a small drink.

Seeing the man next to him lose several games in a row and drink so happily, the eyes of the others were red. There was nothing they could do since it was the man's fault for losing, so they could only stare.

As for his cousin, Zhang Xingwang looked at his sister-in-law's six brothers who were eyeing him covetously and could only wish his cousin the best in his heart. It was impossible to let go of the past, and this was also a test of his cousin's ability to withstand blows.

Zhang Xingwang left early in the afternoon. After all, the three aunts were chatting enthusiastically with the old couple, and he couldn't get a word in. Anyway, he took the opportunity to pick up the express and go for a stroll at the two aunts' homes.

He went straight to the place where he had agreed to meet with the three hunters. The last time he made an appointment with them, he would come and pick up a package in about half a month.

They cannot go out hunting every few days. If they go out too frequently, it would be fine if they bring back prey, but if they don't get anything, the villagers will definitely gossip. After all, they don't care how dangerous it is for you to go into the mountains, or whether you are lucky enough to find prey. They only care about whether you are stealing food in the mountains by going into the mountains so frequently.

This time, Zhang Xingwang did not go up the mountain from the old man's house, but quietly went up the mountain according to a remote place pointed out by the hunter. However, he did not expect that before he had walked far, he saw a man looking for the mountain products everywhere.

When the two saw each other, they tacitly avoided each other from a distance. Zhang Xingwang encountered this situation three more times later. They must have come out to look for some mountain products during the slack season, or they simply came to the mountains to try their luck because they couldn't make a living.

The animals were also frightened by the sudden appearance of humans. After almost an hour in the mountains, they only encountered a bird. The remaining animals were either hunted or forced to migrate deep into the mountains.

It took Zhang Xingwang nearly three hours of walking and stopping after he figured out the direction before he saw the valley in the distance. The road in the mountains was really difficult to walk on. He mustered up all his strength and walked to the stream. He saw that the shed he had built last time was still there. There was a shallow scratch on the stone next to the shed, and there was a date next to it. He thought to himself that this trip was not in vain.

The flow of the stream became smaller, and in some places the water was less than my calf depth. After observing my surroundings, I lay down in the shed and rested for a while.

After getting enough rest, he stood up and looked around. He found footprints left by someone by the stream. They were not his own. It seemed that a hunter must have been here later.

Thinking that it was getting late, I guess they wouldn't come today. Last time we agreed to come every fourteen or fifteen days, so I'll come every other day to see if I can catch them. If I find any prey, I'll leave a mark on the stone outside the shed.

It means there is prey and it is waiting for Zhang Xingwang. There is only one scratch on the stone, and the date is yesterday, so if there is no accident, the opponent should appear tomorrow.

It was already dark. Zhang Xingwang found some dry firewood, lit a fire to keep warm, and took out steamed buns and wild boar meat from the space and roasted them on the fire. This was tonight's dinner. The stars in the sky looked very bright and twinkling, and the sound of the stream at night was much quieter than before, making people feel a little lonely.

The woods next to me are quieter than before. It seems that even the animals here have migrated. Fortunately, I met a hunter, otherwise, with my hunting skills and being alone, I would probably come up empty-handed.

After waiting nervously for a long time, the waterside was still very quiet. Zhang Xingwang looked at his watch in the light of the fire. It was already 2:30 in the evening and no prey had appeared. Zhang Xingwang was very sleepy, so he went to bed.